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Why the stinky durian really is the ‘king of all fruits’

CyprusMail 17 Aug 2024
By John Charles Ryan ... But not everyone is a devotee ... Rumphius identified the fruit’s tough outer skin as the source of its pungency, noting how the people of Indonesia’s Ambon Island had a habit of disposing of the noxious rinds on the shoreline.
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Why the stinky durian really is the 'king of all fruits'

Phys Dot Org 20 Jul 2024
The international market for durians grew 400% last year ... Rumphius identified the fruit's tough outer skin as the source of its pungency, noting how the people of Indonesia's Ambon Island had a habit of disposing of the noxious rinds on the shoreline.
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Indonesian minister delivers aid to remote island in Maluku

Antara News 19 Jul 2024
Southeast Maluku, Maluku (ANTARA) - Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini undertook a 30-hour voyage from Ambon City, Maluku, to distribute assistance to the residents of Kei Besar Island, one of the province's remote areas.
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Fishing vessel sinks in Banda Sea, three crew still missing

The Jakarta Post 15 Mar 2024
hree sailors went missing after fishing vessel the KM Sweet sank while on its journey from Banda Neira Island in Central Maluku regency, Maluku, to the provincial capital of Ambon.
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This Week in WWII: Lest We Forget

Biltmore Beacon 22 Feb 2024
The island was still very much contested ... In the Solomon Islands, the Japanese Navy disembarked 1,807 men at Kolombangara, New Georgia ... On Ambon Island in Eastern Indonesia, the Japanese beheaded 132 Australian and Dutch prisoners.
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Despite unrest in Indonesia, a Jewish community finds peace among other faith groups

The American Israelite 07 Dec 2023
... in the province of North Sulawesi, a chain of islands northeast of Java ... In 2015, he said a Christian group beat the cantor at a home synagogue in Ambon, a small island in central Indonesia.
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Garuda Indonesia to open Denpasar-Sorong route

The Jakarta Post 09 Nov 2023
... in Southwest Papua, which includes the highly popular Raja Ampat Islands, without the need to take flights from either Jakarta or Ambon.
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7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES INDONESIA'S MALUKU PROVINCE

Malaysian National News Agency 08 Nov 2023
The tremors were strongly felt in various areas of the island, including Saumlaki, Banda, Ambon, Damer, and Kisar. Djati Cipto Kuncoro, the head of the Ambon BMKG Station, urged the public to remain ...
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Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure review – a deeply problematic travelogue

The Observer 05 Jul 2023
Our heroine jams on her metaphorical school hat, hitches up her metaphorical stockings and sets off from the port of Ambon, Indonesia, for the Banda Islands – for centuries the source of all nutmeg and mace for an insanely lucrative European trade.
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Unique Luxury Cruises to Book This Summer

New York Observer 03 Apr 2023
KEN KOCHEY / Aqua Blu Bali and the Komodo Islands – Aqua Expeditions ... For those looking to travel in the fall, in October Aqua will launch its Ambon & Spice Islands Cruise, an expedition across the Banda Sea that lasts seven or 12 nights.
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This Week in World War II ... Lest We Forget

Biltmore Beacon 23 Feb 2023
The island was still very much contested ... 24, 1942 – On Wake Island, USS Enterprise aircraft ... 24, 1943 – On Ambon Island in Eastern Indonesia, the Japanese beheaded 132 Australian and Dutch prisoners.
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This Week in WWII ... Lest We Forget

Biltmore Beacon 09 Feb 2023
And the most famous blunder of all, the unnecessary bombing of the abbey atop Monte Cassino ... On Guadalcanal, Allied authorities declared the island secured. On Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, the Japanese beheaded 85 Australian and Dutch prisoners.
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Powerful quake hits eastern regions, rattles islands

The Jakarta Post 11 Jan 2023
The epicenter of the quake was 427 kilometers south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 km, the United States ...
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Powerful quake hits off Indonesia, rattles islands

The News International 10 Jan 2023
The epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometres, the US Geological Survey reported ... an Indonesian in Ambon, told AFP.
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Powerful quake rattles Indonesian islands

The Manila Times 10 Jan 2023
The epicenter of the quake was 427 kilometers (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 km, according to the United States Geological Survey ... damaged in the Tanimbar Islands.

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